TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters

Week of July 13, 2018

1.Residents of which city have the farthest to drive to reach a salt-water beach? (10 points)

Omaha
New York
Atlanta
New Orleans
Phoenix

2.All trogs are trumps and all truids are trogs, but not all teeters are truids. What else do you know is true? (20 points)

All truids are trumps
No truids are trumps
All truids are teeters
All trumps are trogs
All teeters are trumps

3.Which of the following pairs is correct? (10 points)

New Orleans - Golden Gate Bridge
New York - Space Needle
Seattle - Empire State Building
Minnesota - Mt. Rushmore
St. Louis - Arch

4.Peter wants to learn a string instrument this summer, but he wants to learn the biggest one. Which should he choose? (5 points)

Violin
Bassoon
Viola
Bass
Cello

5.What numbers come next in the following sequence: 1, 5, 2, 9, 3, 13, 4, 17... (10 points)

5, 21
7, 28
5, 20
6, 20
18, 5

6.Which proverb comes closest in meaning to this one: "Patience is a virtue." (20 points)

You can't judge a book by its cover.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
All that glitters is not gold.
Haste makes waste.
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

7.Which does not have a homophone? (5 points)

there
read
witch
heir
spin

8.Which of the following sentences is correct? (5 points)

I mist the bus this morning.
Were having a break after the test.
My brother past his French test yesterday.
I didn't get hear on time because my clock is busted.
The book includes tales of monkey tails and desert isles.

9.Which number in the numerator would already be in lowest terms in a fraction with 128 in the denominator? (5 points)

10.There are 17 students in Madison's day camp group. If they bring 60 cupcakes to celebrate their successful hike, and share them equally, how many will be left over for the counselor or the squirrels to eat? (10 points)

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